Lots of progress. I'll be starting the latex build-up in a week or two.

As for the robot, well it's looking good so far, but I just hate working in CGI. Props and scenes are one thing, but characters from scratch is something I just have a hard time doing. I've got the street done (that was way easier than the robot) and I'm just getting it ready for composting. If time allows it, I'm going to either remake the CGI robot or make him a stop-motion model (He only has one type of joint).

I found robots weren't too bad - they can be made of lots of separate parts. The tricky bit was setting up the hierarchy so when the torso moves the arms move with it, then the forarm has it's own pivot, and the wrist below that, and the hand... It's the same with a real puppet of course, but you don't have to work your way through all the levels of bits to animate it. You just grab the sucker and move it.
I like making robots and machines, you can use a mix of shapes you sculpt, and various found objects to add detail.
It would be easier to get two puppets to interact, than a puppet and a cgi robot that have to be animated separately. Although, I was looking forward to seeing a cgi character get its ass kicked.
Got a pic of the cgi street set yet?

Well, I do have lots of stuff I can kit-bash and plenty of materials if I chose to make one. It's just time that I need as well as an extra hand.

I'll show the street soon, it just needs to be rendered (my computer isn't the fastest for this stuff since it is running on 4 gigs of RAM). I'll be sure to show it soon.

I've decided to finish up the robot. It's just less time consuming for me right now. I might use make a stop-motion head for the robot to imitate Gort when he opens his visor and vaporizes s#*t.

StopmoNick said:

I found robots weren't too bad - they can be made of lots of separate parts. The tricky bit was setting up the hierarchy so when the torso moves the arms move with it, then the forarm has it's own pivot, and the wrist below that, and the hand... It's the same with a real puppet of course, but you don't have to work your way through all the levels of bits to animate it. You just grab the sucker and move it. I like making robots and machines, you can use a mix of shapes you sculpt, and various found objects to add detail. It would be easier to get two puppets to interact, than a puppet and a cgi robot that have to be animated separately. Although, I was looking forward to seeing a cgi character get its ass kicked. Got a pic of the cgi street set yet?

Sorry on the incorrect grammar. I was doing schoolwork at the same time (Ironically, AP English).

David Tomasiewicz said:

Well, I do have lots of stuff I can kit-bash and plenty of materials if I chose to make one. It's just time that I need as well as an extra hand.

I'll show the street soon, it just needs to be rendered (my computer isn't the fastest for this stuff since it is running on 4 gigs of RAM). I'll be sure to show it soon.

I've decided to finish up the robot. It's just less time consuming for me right now. I might use make a stop-motion head for the robot to imitate Gort when he opens his visor and vaporizes s#*t.

StopmoNick said:

I found robots weren't too bad - they can be made of lots of separate parts. The tricky bit was setting up the hierarchy so when the torso moves the arms move with it, then the forarm has it's own pivot, and the wrist below that, and the hand... It's the same with a real puppet of course, but you don't have to work your way through all the levels of bits to animate it. You just grab the sucker and move it. I like making robots and machines, you can use a mix of shapes you sculpt, and various found objects to add detail. It would be easier to get two puppets to interact, than a puppet and a cgi robot that have to be animated separately. Although, I was looking forward to seeing a cgi character get its ass kicked. Got a pic of the cgi street set yet?

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